ECU doctor working on drug that has potential to cure skin cancer

The American Academy of Dermatology says around 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, a disease that’s particularly prevalent along the Carolina coast.

That’s the reality for Lori Burney, a resident of Wilmington. Just one year after moving, she noticed something was wrong with her skin.

“It was almost like the size of a mole,” she explained. “It wouldn’t go away and, within a short amount of time, grew pretty large.”

Burney went to the doctor, where they took, what appeared to be a mole, to be biopsied. The results came back positive.

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